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Sometimes, a little horseplay is just what the doctor ordered. Just after lunch on an ordinary Tuesday, three children, all wearing pajamas covered in cartoon tigers, almost simultaneously left their hospital beds for an extraordinary event. Ten-year-old Anjanette Davis and 6-year-old Eli Huerta each wheeled their IV stands through the doors of their adjacent hospital rooms. Just across the hall, 3-year-old Elle Thompson walked up to the doorway. What drew their attention and prompted their similarly wide smiles? Two miniature horses were standing in the hospital hallway, wearing tiny gym shoes from Build-A-Bear and bandannas around their necks. Mystery and Jennie, 26 inches and 28...

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